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Calculate PI using VB.NET 2008

Friday, November 13th, 2009

Here is a simple program written in VB.NET 2008 to calculate as many decimal places of letter Pi (the ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle) as necessary.

Screenshot:

Download:
Calculate PI .NET.exe
Read more about letter Pi: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi

Windows 7 - How to Disable Windows Media Center

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

Start menu / Search Box / Type gpedit.msc / press Enter.
Group Policy editor opens:
- Select User Configuration
- Click on Administrative Templates
- Click Windows Components
- Select Windows Media Center
Double-click: Do not allow Windows Media Center to run in the Settings section of the Group Policy editor.
Select Enable and then click OK […]

Numpad not working in Ubuntu?

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

If your numpad suddenly stopped working in Ubuntu, I had a same problem and this simple solution fixed it:
Go to:
1) System / Preferences / Keyboard
2) Go to “Mouse Keys” tab
3) Un-check “Allow to control the pointer using the keyboard”
4) Done.

Accent/Diacritics Remover 1.0 - Remove foreign accents in text/subtitle files.

Monday, July 20th, 2009

This program lets you load a text (subtitle) file and replace all foreign diacritics (accented language characters) with their english substitutes!
This is of particular help for those who need to display Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Turkish and other language special characters in subtitles, for watching on Media Servers which do not support character encoding (one […]

“An error occurred while trying to share”

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009

I’ve got this error in Windows XP when trying to create a share on one of the folders. There isn’t much on the net regarding this issue, so it took me a while to figure out how to fix it.

Solution is simple.
Right click on My Computer, then click Manage:

Then go to Services:

Start service […]

Accent Renamer 1.04 - Replace foreign (accented) language characters in your file names

Friday, January 5th, 2007

This program lets you mass rename files, even whole directory structures recursively. Scanning for foreign diacritics (accented language characters) and replacing all of them with their english substitutes! Here is little more on why I wrote the software, screenshots and download links…
Not that long ago I run into a little problem. Born in former Czechoslovakia […]

Argo Soft Design released an Online Email Validation Service

Thursday, June 15th, 2006

Do you need to quickly verify an email address? This service is exactly what we were waiting for. Friend of mine at ArGo Soft Design (www.argosoft.com) just released an Online Email Validation Service. Those of you who are familiar with ArgoSoft Mail Server Pro have been using this technology for years, but as of now, […]


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